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Best Buy may not be long for this world. The sad fact is that big box retailers are a dying breed, and nearly everyone knows it. Everyone, that is, except for Richard Schulze, the billionaire founder of Best Buy who has an ambitious $10 billion to save the franchise.

The Korean government has chosen LG to spearhead a project to develop transparent and flexible OLED displays. The initiative is part of Korea’s Future Flagship Program, and the task at hand is to create ultra high-definition (UHD) 60-inch flexible OLED displays by 2017.

If you long for those balmy days when TVs looked like pieces of furniture, good news: This fall, IKEA will release Uppleva, a range of home entertainment systems that integrate a flat-screen full HD TV, 2.1 sound, and a Blu-ray player.

It’s official: Microsoft Kinect for Windows goes live on February 1. An unanswered question at this time, though, is whether or not the new hardware will work with the open-sourced drivers currently fueling so much innovation in the developer community.

We’ve compiled the best Black Friday deals for discerning geeks. This is by no means an exhaustive list of the good deals out there, but everything on this list is worth buying, even if you don’t need it right away. Everything on this list, even at full price, would be a good purchase.

Last time you bought a processor, motherboard, or power supply, there is a good chance you got it from Newegg.com. If you are curious about how the mega e-tailer can carry so many goods, ship so much stuff, or get products to your doorstep so quickly, our exploration of their distribution facilities should give you some clues.